Bell said he is still waiting to hear back from the state about his unemployment. Even if he gets the money, he'll have to pay it back if his back pay comes in, but there is no guarantee that those furloughed workers like Bell will get their back pay.

According to the Office of Personnel Management, Congress will have to pass legislation granting employees the pay they missed.

"We've been furloughed before, but it's been for not very long, so we go back to work fairly quickly," Bell said. "But this time with everything going on in Washington, we don't know how long it's going to be."

Bell said he agrees with President Donald Trump on border security but the fighting over the funding isn't helping them.